Mop-wringer.



No. 887,704. PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.

A. H. SHOEMAKER.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15,1907.

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ALVIN H. SHOEMAKER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOWILLIAM I. EWART, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

MOP-WRINGER.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county ofKing and State of WVashington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in MopWVringers, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has reference to new and useful improvements in thatclass of mopwringers which are adapted to be secured to a pail andoperate through resistantly engaging the mop while the latter is beingturned.

The object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which will be of simple and inexpensive construction, andwhich is capable of being employed to sufficiently wring out a mop withbut little exertion on the part of the operator.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement andcombination of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a pail provided with myimproved mopwringer; Fig, 2, a vertical cross sectional view of thesame; Fig. 3, a like view to Fig. 2, but at right angles therefrom; andFig. 4, a

perspective view of the invention together with a person shown wringingout a mop therewith.

The invention comprises a piece of strong wire which is bent or formedto provide a pair of centrally disposed contiguous loops 5 and 6. Theformer of these loops", which are of substantially semicircular shape,is arranged to be in approximately the same plane with the top edge 7 ofthe pail 7 with which the invention is to be employed. The other 100 6is inclined at a slight angle from a vertical plane curves downward andthen extends at an inclination upward to the edge of the pail and is acontinuation of one extremity 5 of the loop 5, as most clearly shown inFigs. 1 and 3. From the other extremity 5 of the loop 5 the wire iscontinued in an outwardly extending curved direction, as at 8, to passover the rim of the pail and in proximity to the bail-ear 9.

The end of the loop 6 is extended, as at 6, in a diagonal direction toand over the rim of the pail and in close relation to the other bail-ear9.

Where the parts of the wire cross the rim Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 15, 1907.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Serial No. 373,880.

they are bent, as at 10, to provide downwardly directed arms 11 at oposite sides of the pail 7 which are prolongec to the bottom of the pailand then bent to form two outwardly protruding foot-pieces 12, which maybe advantageously curved to furnish an extended tread for the operator'sfeet.

The afore described bent wire constitutes the wringer and is secured tothe bail, as by wire coupling links 13 extending around the bail ears9-9 and the body wire at the bends 10. The downwardly directed arms 11are inclined rearwardly from the perpendicular as clearly seen by thedotted lines showing one of these arms 11 in Fig. 3 of the drawings, andsecured in such position by a wire 14 encircling the pail in proximityof its bottom and reliably attached to the lower ends of said arms.

The wire from which the wringer is constructed is of such size andcharacter as to withstand any strain to which it is subjected withoutbecoming distorted.

The manner of operating the invention is as followsThe mop is insertedinto the pail and drawn to bear against the concave side of the wringerportion 8 and thereby guided into the loop 5. The mop is then raiseduntil but about two inches thereof is below the level of this loop,whereupon and by rotating the mop-stick while in an upright position,the mop ends are brought by the part 8 into the loop 6 wherebysufficient resistance is offered to the further turning of the mop tocause the latter being twisted to such an extent as to squeeze the watertherefrom and thus accomplish the purpose of the invention.

In practice the operator would desirably stand nearly erect with herfeet pressing down upon the foot-pieces, 12. With the pail arranged tohave the curved portion 8' furthest away, as shown in Fig. 4, and thefoot-pieces, by reason of the inclination given the arms 11, within easyreach of her feet, opportunity is afforded for manipulating the mopWithout danger of her skirts coming into contact withv the same. By thisarrangement a very simple and inexpensive device is produced whichoperates effectually for the purposes described.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is

1. In combination with a pail, of a piece of wire having intermediateits length a curved portion terminating in a substantially horizontalloop which joins a downwardly extending loop and from the'latter thewire is continued diagonally upwards, the ends of said wire being turneddownwardly and secured to the pail in proximity of its bottom.

2. In combination with a pail including spaced bail ears and a bailconnected at the ends in said ears, of a mop wringer consisting of asingle piece of wire having a curved intermediate portion terminating ina substantially horizontal loop and. continued downwardly from thelatter and then diagonally upward with the extremities of said wireturned downwardly alongside the pail and secured thereto in proximity toits bottom,

and coupling links extending around said bail ears and around theportions of the wire adjacent thereto.

3. In combination with a pail, of a piece of wire having intermediateits length a curved portion terminating in a substantially horizontalloop which joins a downwardly ex tending loop and from the latter thewire is continued diagonally upwards, the ends of said wire beingextended downwardly externally of the pail in diagonal directions andterminating in outwardly extending footpieces, and means for securingsaid wire to the top and bottom of the pail.

4. In combination with a pail, of a mop wringer secured thereto andcomprised of a single piece of wire formed with two centrally disposedloops which are arranged in different planes and between the oppositesides of the pail rim, said wire being extended down externally of thepail in diagonal directions and terminating in outwardly extendingfootpieces.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN I-I. SHOEMAKER,

Witnesses:

PIERRE BARNEs, A. B. SMITH.

